- Mar 8, 2022
- 1 min
Two Ukrainian Fighters
Married in the face of war Kneeling amongst rubble To be blessed Hand in hand Into the combat zone Not knowing If they’d ever get home...
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- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
'What does not return?'
This poem was first published in The Sacred Feminine: Open Skies Poetry Collection on 28th September 2021 Past pain Liberation is at hand...
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- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
I am paper
This poem was first published in The Sacred Feminine: Open Skies Poetry Collection on 28th September 2021 One page amidst a forest Words...
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- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
Through the generations
. I married a man whose grandmother came from Ireland in disgrace. A dead lover lost at sea. I married a man whose father was an orphan....
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- Dec 23, 2020
- 1 min
Menopause
This starts off as tongue in cheek, but conveys a real message that there is a vibrant life after menopause. My undercarriage has slipped...
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- Dec 22, 2020
- 1 min
Xmas
Xmas greetings one and all from Santa’s festive hall, packed with toys, chocolate treats and lots of nice things to eat. Rudolph and his...
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- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
Trump
This is how I see Trump His hair was a lobster pot of his ambitions false, as his plastic talents which shook the world his self-interest...
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- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
The Vampire’s Lament
This is one I wrote last year, and I had great fun recording it for Halloween. Buttercups and Daisies Feast on my bones, Sucking out...
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- Oct 24, 2020
- 1 min
Bride Price
I deliberately mixed up references rather than targeting any particular community. The woman is the one who pays the price of being...
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- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
Shall I compare you to a Summers Day, Old Man.
This is one of my favourite poems and the first four lines are about my husband, I hasten to say he is not decrepit so the rest of the...
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- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
The Blade
This is a trigger warning, as this poem is about a murderer and contains distressing imagery. I worked with murderers and various...
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- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
Ruby
A poem by a proud nana, celebrating her granddaughter’s adventurous nature. This was first published by the Soul Poets Society in...
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- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
I'm NOT
This poem called I’m Not was prompted by reading an article which talked about how the ‘DICK’tionary had many words that only described...
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 1 min
After
I see this tower
Impenetrable and grey
With harsh cold concrete
Stark and eyeless
In a landscape bleak
With riven clouds
In a barren world
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 1 min
Gaia’s Cry
This is a warning cry our Earth is not going to take much more of our abuse. Feel my sorrow Feel my pain When you ravage me again. Feel...
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- Jul 24, 2020
- 1 min
Plastic
Plastic surging In plastic waves, Hurtling forth In plastic rage. Debris pinned In plastic wind. Killing mackerel Innocent of plastic...
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